Marshmallow Fondant (for cake construction projects)

This is wonderful stuff -- I can't believe I only just discovered it! You can use it to make all sorts of decorations and 3D shapes. Really -- it's a blast!

Ingredients

• 1 bag of fresh mini marshmallows (10 ounces)
• 1 Tbsp water
• "A bunch" of confectioner's sugar. I don't know exactly how much I used. The Rubik's recipe said something like 2 pounds and I'm sure I didn't use that much. I'd have at least 2 pounds on hand and then, play it by ear.

Directions

• Toss marshmallows and water in a glass bowl.
• Place in microwave and nuke for 30 seconds; take it out see if you can stir it; repeat until you can stir it into a smooth mass. It will stick to the spoon; use two.
• Dump in a cup or two of powdered sugar. Stir it up.
• Keep adding confectioner's sugar until you have something that looks like you might actually be able to work it with your hands without having it stick to everything in site.
• Now coat your counter with a nice layer of crisco. Yeah, that's right, just smear it on there.
• Now sprinkle some powdered sugar on that.
• Dump the stuff in the bowl onto your surface and start playing with it like you would something between playdough and bread. It's not really kneading, but you are trying to incorporate the sugar until you have a playdough like substance.
• You can then divide into different chunks and dye the chunks with food coloring. I highly recommend the gel colorings instead of the liquid ones we've used since the beginning of time. The gel ones change the texture of the stuff much less.
• Now that you have colorful dough, you can roll it, shape it and perhaps even use playtough tools and machines on it!